Atlanta, GA — This year, the University of Florida is again ranked No.1 among more than 100 undergraduate schools producing Peace Corps volunteers in the Southeast Region. With 53 alumni currently serving overseas, the university also ranks 15th nationally among all colleges and universities in the United States.
“The University of Florida continues to be [...]
Iona R. Malanchuk, associate university librarian and head of the Education Library at the University of Florida, recently was named an awardee of the Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times “I Love My Librarian Award.” Malanchuk is one of 10 librarians nationally recognized.
Each of the 10 award winners will receive a $5,000 cash award, [...]
Gainesville, Fla. — University of Florida student Alex Aime has created a video as part of a Doritos Super Bowl contest. Aime, senior sports management/businss administration major, hopes to win the opportunity to have the video air as a Doritos commerical during the Super Bowl.
The commercial may be viewed at http://www.crashthesuperbowl.com/#/gallery/video/1883/. The number of views [...]
University of Florida head soccer coach Becky Burleigh recently was named the Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year. This is the third such honor, following previously earning the designation in 1996 and 2000. In 2008, UF won its third consecutive — and ninth overall — SEC title. Burleigh has been coach since the program began [...]
The Bergstrom Center for Real Estate Studies has appointed Tim Becker as director. Becker holds a degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Florida and an MBA from Florida Gulf Coast University, where he served as an adjunct professor in real estate. His experience also includes working as director of commercial development for the [...]
UF architecture graduate students Cristina Villanueva-Meyer and Javier Fornaris recently won first-place awards in the international design competition during the 25th annual Encounter of Latin American Students of Architecture (ELEA) in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Villanueva-Meyer and Fornaris presented design projects completed this summer in the UF School of Architecture’s Studio Mexico Program. The projects emphasized [...]
John Harvey has been named executive associate dean of the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine.
Harvey was a founding member of the UF veterinary college’s faculty in 1974 and has served as chairman of the college’s department of physiological sciences since 1995.
Harvey replaces James Thompson, who held the post of executive associate dean since [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The winners of the 2008 Judy Fisher Teaching with Technology Award have been named: Warrington College of Business professors Sanford Berg and Subhajyoti Bandyopadhyay, who were chosen for their innovative use of technologies, such as wikis, podcasts and e-mail newsletters.
Berg is a UF distinguished service professor in economics and distinguished teaching scholar. [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida International Center (UFIC) announced the recipients of the 2008 International Educator of the Year Award. For senior faculty, Charles H. Wood, professor of sociology and Latin American studies, won. The junior faculty winner is Juan Carlos Molleda, assistant professor of public relations.
Wood has made significant contributions to the [...]
The Harn Museum of Art recently received a grant of 150 original Polaroid photographs and gelatin silver prints from one of the nation’s most prestigious arts foundations, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
The gift was made in honor of the foundation’s 20th anniversary to promote the study and exhibition of this relatively unknown [...]